Half to full sun; larger and less hardy than the more common 'Hino Crimson', (Dirr, 1990, p. 738)

Hardy to USDA Zone 7 A Kurume evergeen azalea developed in Japan and imported about 1919 by E.H. Wilson. Number 42 ('Red Hussar') of the fifty Kurume selections importered by Wilson (i.e., Wilson's Fifty).